Green Book at Northop Hall

Northop Hall Film night – Green Book 7.30pm Friday 21st February.

Following on from last weeks service on the theme of Racial Justice, this film was inspired  by the true story of a 1962 tour of the Deep South by African-American pianist Don Shirley and Italian-American bouncer and later actor Frank Vallelonga, who served as Shirley’s driver and bodyguard.

The Negro Motorist Green Book was a guidebook for African American Roadtrippers. While pervasive racial discrimination and poverty limited black car ownership, the emerging African American middle class bought cars as soon as they could, but faced a variety of dangers and inconveniences along the road, from refusal of food and lodging to arbitrary arrest. In the South, where Black motorists risked harassment or physical violence, these dangers were particularly severe. In some cases, African American travellers who got lost or sought lodging off the beaten path were killed, with little to no investigation by local authorities. In response, Green wrote his guide to services and places relatively friendly to African Americans. Eventually, he also founded a travel agency. (Wikipedia)

Entry a very favourable £4